Cabin Fever Steelheading in Erie

Cole lands his first steelhead. He hooked up quite a few on the trip but these things are big and fast. Webcaster calmly watches as Al nets the fish.

Date: 01/19/2008

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chewingice

This ice formed so thickly on the leaders that Mark resorted to chewing it off his leader. On the way out we reminded him that this was Erie, PA and that probably wasn't the smartest move.

Date: 01/19/2008

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fishinghole

Here is the spot. Down a treacherous ice covered trail under a bridge. We had the spot to ourselves all morning. Other than the dangerous trail, freezing water, huge ice chunks, low temperature and blizzard conditions I was really surprised we didn't see

Date: 01/19/2008

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coleandal

Cole and Al. Al is the perfect fishing partner for a fly fisherman. He uses live bait and eggs which tend to get the fish riled up. Fishing downstream from him was really productive. Fishing downwind from him?...not such a good idea.

Date: 01/18/2008

Views: 1250

zach

Al's son Zach proved to be a fish whisperer on the trip. We were really lucky to have him along to give us fly fishing tips. He is the king of chuck and duck and really knows steelhead on the fly. He also gave us a nice tying lesson in the evening.

Date: 01/19/2008

Views: 1254

johnny

Our host Capt. Johnny put us on the fish the entire trip. No easy feat when you consider the crowds that flock to catch these fish.

Date: 01/19/2008

Views: 1231

magcover

Zach always saw photos like this on the cover of magazines so we staged one.

Date: 01/19/2008

Views: 1244

myfish

Here is my fish...biggest of the trip at 9.5lbs. You can tell it is a male by the kype on the bottom jaw...or the milt that spilled all over the back of my jeep.

Date: 01/18/2008

Views: 1206

blizzardfish

Mark with a nice steelhead. Once we got them patterned, he hooked up pretty consistently.

Date: 01/19/2008

Views: 1154

zachhookup

Zach was landing fish even when the action was slow around him. It was really fun to watch him.